Hi everyone and what a fantastic site! I have been reading through some of the breeding posts ob here and they have been a great help.
I have two axolotls that I think are breeding at the moment. The male is a wild type and the female is an albino. :happy: Both are around 20 cm maybe a little shorter. The petshop I got them from had the evolved ones as well. It was the first time I'd ever seen them and they were pretty amazing. Anyways I have quite a few questions.
I have my pair outside in an 80 liter tub with some foxtail plant and have just added heaps of glass shrimp, dragonfly larva, boatman and daphnia that I caught at the local creek. I just did a run down in the dark and it was raining out but it was worth it! lol. I've had the pair for a week and they have been in the tub for about 2 days. Before that they were inside in separate tanks until the tub was set up. When i bought them at the petshop they were in with about another 20 axies, some with missing limbs etc but most looked pretty good I also went to another petshop and one of the males in there was wild type but had a large black spot on his tail just behind his leg. Could this be a sign of a piebald?
Also today I lifted the female out of the water and looked at her bits (just to double check she was definitely a female lol) and it seemed very open? Is this a sign that she's receptive at the moment? Or that she is about to lay eggs? I understand that she picks up a Sperm jelly parcel that the male leads her over to. Also will the addition of loads of live food aid in the spawning process? Ie hormones in the live food that stimulates the pair or do they just condition the pair for when they spawn? Are there any tricks that would help to get them to spawn? Maybe I'm just a little eager lol
Its currently 12 degrees and we are going through Winter here in Australia. The forecast for the next 5 days is (In degrees) 17 16 15 15 16 and a low of 7 degrees all days, if this helps at all. Also the PH is at 7. And Ive been feeding them mealworms and raw meat before i added the live food in tonight. :frog:
Any help and advice would be great! Thanks!
I have two axolotls that I think are breeding at the moment. The male is a wild type and the female is an albino. :happy: Both are around 20 cm maybe a little shorter. The petshop I got them from had the evolved ones as well. It was the first time I'd ever seen them and they were pretty amazing. Anyways I have quite a few questions.
I have my pair outside in an 80 liter tub with some foxtail plant and have just added heaps of glass shrimp, dragonfly larva, boatman and daphnia that I caught at the local creek. I just did a run down in the dark and it was raining out but it was worth it! lol. I've had the pair for a week and they have been in the tub for about 2 days. Before that they were inside in separate tanks until the tub was set up. When i bought them at the petshop they were in with about another 20 axies, some with missing limbs etc but most looked pretty good I also went to another petshop and one of the males in there was wild type but had a large black spot on his tail just behind his leg. Could this be a sign of a piebald?
Also today I lifted the female out of the water and looked at her bits (just to double check she was definitely a female lol) and it seemed very open? Is this a sign that she's receptive at the moment? Or that she is about to lay eggs? I understand that she picks up a Sperm jelly parcel that the male leads her over to. Also will the addition of loads of live food aid in the spawning process? Ie hormones in the live food that stimulates the pair or do they just condition the pair for when they spawn? Are there any tricks that would help to get them to spawn? Maybe I'm just a little eager lol
Its currently 12 degrees and we are going through Winter here in Australia. The forecast for the next 5 days is (In degrees) 17 16 15 15 16 and a low of 7 degrees all days, if this helps at all. Also the PH is at 7. And Ive been feeding them mealworms and raw meat before i added the live food in tonight. :frog:
Any help and advice would be great! Thanks!